Honour Killings: Gaurav joins hands with HRT
New Delhi, Jul 18 : Gaurav Saini, husband of Monica Dagar, who was killed for 'honour' by her family members, today joined hands with the Human Rescue Team (HRT), a youth group which has raised its voice against honour killings.
HRT is an initiative launched by Dr Ashu Kumar (AIIMS) and has the support of technocrats from IIT, JNU and other universities.
At a meeting at AIIMS, Gaurav said, ''what the HRT is doing is something before the crime is committed. What I am doing is the legal battle after the crime has been done. Had there been people with me or some kind of support from activists or groups like them, may be this would not have happened. All I now want is that whatever happened with me should not happen to anyone else.'' ''I am, therefore, joining hands with them to help other such victims and form a mass support system.'' Recollecting the events that changed his life, Gaurav said, ''I had pleaded them (members of Monica's family) to sit down and talk. I wanted to tell them why Monica and I had taken this step but they were just not ready to let us stay together.'' Gaurav is now making efforts to move the Supreme Court to get his case tranferred from UP to Delhi, where he feels things will be easier and within the confines of law.
He will also move the Supreme Court for reinvestigation of the case, since he believes Monica is still alive and has been confined somewhere by her family. Also, he will pray for a CBI inquiry in the matter and bring a PIL in the apex court to see a good law passed to curb the menace of honour killing.
Monika Dagar had married Gaurav Saini against the wishes of her family. She was later, allegedly killed and cremated by her family members.
The HRT had recently organised a march against honour killings at Jantar Mantar and has initiated a helpline for the victims of what they defined as a ''blood curling tradition''.
Dr Kumar said the Atharva Veda says that the girl should be provided full freedom to choose her husband and in case of confusion, girl's decision should be respected.
Explaining that medical science speaks of incidence of some extremely rare diseases incraesing due to consanguineous marriage, he added that it can be helped by premarital genetic screening.
The group, under his leadership, is also visiting various villages in UP after they received distress calls on their helpline(9891082685).
The group made an emergency visit to Sikandarpur (Kakauri) village in Ghaziabad to expose the tirade of police-politics nexus and the cultural ignorance among people.
In another case, the HRT had rescued a young widow in Bahuraich, UP, who faced a threat to her life after the village panchayat decided that she be punished for wrong morals and was abused sexually by her husband's family.
The HRT also announced a Commom Alliance for Individual Rescue (CAIR) sharing the information reserve of technocrats, supposed to cover larger spectrum of individual rightrs violation.
They would also be counselling individuals and families who are facing such threats.
At a meeting at AIIMS, Gaurav said, ''what the HRT is doing is something before the crime is committed. What I am doing is the legal battle after the crime has been done. Had there been people with me or some kind of support from activists or groups like them, may be this would not have happened. All I now want is that whatever happened with me should not happen to anyone else.'' ''I am, therefore, joining hands with them to help other such victims and form a mass support system.'' Recollecting the events that changed his life, Gaurav said, ''I had pleaded them (members of Monica's family) to sit down and talk. I wanted to tell them why Monica and I had taken this step but they were just not ready to let us stay together.'' Gaurav is now making efforts to move the Supreme Court to get his case tranferred from UP to Delhi, where he feels things will be easier and within the confines of law.
He will also move the Supreme Court for reinvestigation of the case, since he believes Monica is still alive and has been confined somewhere by her family. Also, he will pray for a CBI inquiry in the matter and bring a PIL in the apex court to see a good law passed to curb the menace of honour killing.
Monika Dagar had married Gaurav Saini against the wishes of her family. She was later, allegedly killed and cremated by her family members.
The HRT had recently organised a march against honour killings at Jantar Mantar and has initiated a helpline for the victims of what they defined as a ''blood curling tradition''.
Dr Kumar said the Atharva Veda says that the girl should be provided full freedom to choose her husband and in case of confusion, girl's decision should be respected.
Explaining that medical science speaks of incidence of some extremely rare diseases incraesing due to consanguineous marriage, he added that it can be helped by premarital genetic screening.
The group, under his leadership, is also visiting various villages in UP after they received distress calls on their helpline(9891082685).
The group made an emergency visit to Sikandarpur (Kakauri) village in Ghaziabad to expose the tirade of police-politics nexus and the cultural ignorance among people.
In another case, the HRT had rescued a young widow in Bahuraich, UP, who faced a threat to her life after the village panchayat decided that she be punished for wrong morals and was abused sexually by her husband's family.
The HRT also announced a Commom Alliance for Individual Rescue (CAIR) sharing the information reserve of technocrats, supposed to cover larger spectrum of individual rightrs violation.
They would also be counselling individuals and families who are facing such threats.
--UNI
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